Senior standouts contest Sunshine Classic tonight
The top senior football players from the area get one last chance to put on the pads when the 21st annual Sunshine Football Classic is contested Thursday night at The College of New Jersey with kickoff slated for 7 p.m.
The game features players from Mercer, Hunterdon and Burlington counties and benefits the Sunshine Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to grant wishes to seriously ill, physically challenged or abused children.
The East roster features players from Hamilton, Robbinsville, Florence, New Egypt, Allentown, Hightstown, West Windsor South, Nottingham, Steinert, Bordentown and Northern Burlington.
The West roster includes players from Princeton, Lawrence, Ewing, West Windsor North, Trenton, Notre Dame, Hopewell Valley, Pennington and North Hunterdon.
Quarterbacking the East team are Robbinsville’s Taylor Twamley and Borden- town’s Dominic Dabronzo. On the West side, Ewing’s Edamiyon Doggett and Trenton’s Herbert Edwards will be under center.
The East leads the all-time series 6-5 since the game shifted form a Mercer-Skylands set up to East-West in 2005.
The West team has won three of the last four games and is coming off a 31-point outburst, the highest scoring total in the event’s 20-year history.
Sunshine Football Classic Results
2016 — West 31, East 6
2015 — West 21, East 0
2014 — East 14, West 7
2013 — No Game, postponed due to weather 2012 — West 16, East 6 2011 — East 34, West 12 2010 — East 27, West 20 2009 — East 21, West 18 2008 — East 19, West 14 2007 — West 14, East 6 2006 — West 13, East 7 2005 — East 29, West 7 2004 — Mercer 15, Skyland 0 2003 — Skyland 24, Mercer 21 2002 — Mercer 14, Skyland 0 2001 — Mercer 21, Skyland 6 2000 — Skyland 26, Mercer 19 1999 — Skyland 21, Mercer 13 1998 — Mercer 14, Skyland 7 1997 — Mercer 14, Skyland 14